International Friendly

FT Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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England WWDDW 1
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Match Report

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Lorenzo Insigne penalty after VAR call denies England victory over Italy

VAR made an appearance as Italy held England to a 1-1 draw in the final friendly before Gareth Southgate names his provisional World Cup squad.

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Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ENG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6James TarkowskiCD-L
  4. 4Kyle WalkerCD-R
  5. 8Eric DierSW
  6. 11Jesse LingardCM-L
  7. 7Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainCM-R
  8. 3Ashley YoungLM
  9. 2Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 10Raheem SterlingCF-R

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-L
  3. 15Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 21Davide ZappacostaRB
  6. 14JorginhoCM
  7. 16Lorenzo PellegriniLM
  8. 18Marco ParoloRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 6Antonio CandrevaRF

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! England 1, Italy 0. Jamie Vardy (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jesse Lingard following a set piece situation.
  2. 40' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (England) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 56' Substitution, Italy. Federico Chiesa replaces Antonio Candreva.
  4. 60' Substitution, England. Adam Lallana replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  5. 60' Substitution, England. Danny Rose replaces Kieran Trippier.
  6. 64' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Ciro Immobile.
  7. 70' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Jamie Vardy.
  8. 71' Substitution, England. Lewis Cook replaces Jesse Lingard.
  9. 72' Kyle Walker (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 73' Substitution, England. Jordan Henderson replaces John Stones because of an injury.
  11. 79' Substitution, Italy. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  12. 83' Ashley Young (England) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 87' Goal! England 1, Italy 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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